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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage in the supernatural thriller “Pay
The Ghost” based on the bestselling short story of the same title by Tim Lebbon,
a horror and dark fantasy writer, about a doting father on a desperate search whose
son mysteriously disappears during Halloween.

Directed
by Uli Edel, whose work in “Baader Meinhof Complex” earned him an
Oscar-nomination and from a script by Daniel Kay who wrote the horror flick hit
“Timber Falls,” “Pay The Ghost” follows
Mike Cole (Cage) and his son during the Halloween festivities in New York City until
his son suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from his side. A year after, disturbing images of his son
appear and Mike reunites with estranged wife Kristen (Sarah Wayne Callies) to
discover what the images are trying to convey.
Going as far as the city’s underground world to uncover clues to their
son’s whereabouts in the city, they soon come across a dangerous spirit and
terrifying ancient secrets.

Unraveling
the mystery behind their son’s
disappearance, they come to realize that time is of the essence to bring him
back after being revealed that a vicious vengeful ghost had taken their son
along with other children every Halloween.

Author Lebbon
is enthusiastic on his first foray into adapting his story on film, “It’s
fantastic news, and I’m very excited about the whole thing. I’ve had lots of
projects optioned, probably 15 or more, but this is the first that’s ever made
it all the way to being filmed. As is normal with these things it was a long,
convoluted process. Following the initial option several years ago, when I was
sent the script to read, I’ve had very little else to do with it. Other
production companies became involved, rewrites happened, then Nicolas Cage
signed on and everything started moving very quickly. So I’m as keen as anyone
to see the finished product!”

Watch the official trailer of "Pay The Ghost" below:

“I love the charm
of the old horror films, like the old Hammer horror films, Exorcist, The Sixth
Sense, The Shining. So it’s really an honest expression for me because my
mandate is drama and horror and if we can do both in one movie then we’re in to
something. Ellen Burstyn really showed
the importance of dramatic acting to make the supernatural more real, because
of her incredibly authentic performance in the Exorcist, we believe the
extraordinary circumstances that are happening. And that’s sort of what I want
totry to model in Pay The Ghost,” Cage admits.